CSX Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.7 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 3,341.1 | 9.7 | 31.0 | 14.9 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 16.2 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 9.7 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 15.7 | 18.8 | 13.0 | 19.9 | 9.2 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 25.2 | 22.4 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 23.4 | |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | |
| 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.1 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.3 | 23.4 | – | 7.4 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 14.6 | |
| 42.0 | 26.8 | – | – | – | – | 134.6 | – | 25.0 | – | 38.3 | 48.0 | 11.3 | 31.3 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 33.9 | 30.8 | 40.6 | 31.7 | 52.9 | 35.1 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 19.0 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 39.5 | |
| 2.4% | 3.7% | -5.4% | -17.9% | -15.6% | -1.1% | 0.7% | -6.1% | 4.0% | -9.8% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 8.8% | 3.2% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 2.5% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39.4% | 40.7% | 38.2% | 61.5% | 42.9% | 48.7% | 49.8% | 55.5% | 46.7% | 24.2% | 27.3% | 30.0% | 32.4% | 25.7% | 30.1% | 30.2% | 28.6% | 29.7% | 29.9% | 31.5% | 30.5% | 33.9% | 38.7% | 40.6% | 42.0% | 42.2% | 38.5% | 38.2% | 37.9% | 33.2% | |
| 14.4% | 14.9% | 11.7% | 5.6% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 13.8% | 8.0% | 12.5% | 15.5% | 20.0% | 22.2% | 24.5% | 25.3% | 28.9% | 29.0% | 28.6% | 28.5% | 28.5% | 30.3% | 29.6% | 32.9% | 37.9% | 39.8% | 41.0% | 41.2% | 40.1% | 37.3% | 36.9% | 32.1% | |
| 8.1% | 7.5% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 6.9% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 4.2% | 8.3% | 13.7% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 15.5% | 15.2% | 16.7% | 15.5% | 47.9% | 27.0% | 27.9% | 26.1% | 30.2% | 27.7% | 25.0% | 23.9% | 20.5% | |
| 2.1% | 4.1% | -4.8% | -11.1% | -10.4% | -1.3% | 0.6% | -6.0% | 4.5% | -13.2% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 10.4% | 6.8% | 13.4% | 10.2% | 5.1% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 12.6% | 23.6% | 26.7% | 24.9% | 26.4% | 23.5% | 22.2% | 18.7% | 12.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.1% | 13.9% | 9.1% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 4.8% | 6.8% | 3.8% | 5.0% | 9.0% | 14.6% | 15.4% | 17.0% | 12.7% | 18.0% | 21.5% | 20.7% | 17.8% | 17.2% | 16.9% | 14.6% | 37.2% | 26.3% | 28.1% | 21.1% | 28.0% | 32.6% | 30.6% | 27.8% | 22.0% | |
| 5.0% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 3.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.8% | 15.3% | 9.0% | 8.7% | 6.9% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 6.6% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 68 | 104 | 182 | -51 | 6,471 | 6,971 | 6,789 | 6,946 | 6,459 | 5,721 | 5,501 | 6,889 | 7,163 | 6,979 | 7,372 | 8,458 | 9,048 | 8,963 | 9,073 | 9,907 | 10,690 | 11,408 | 13,899 | 15,280 | 13,576 | 14,127 | 16,089 | 17,180 | 17,570 | 18,203 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.8 | 11.1 | – | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | |
| 29.4% | 28.9% | 28.8% | 27.8% | 29.4% | 29.4% | 29.8% | 29.7% | 27.7% | 32.8% | 35.6% | 34.0% | 30.6% | 32.7% | 30.9% | 28.7% | 29.4% | 33.1% | 33.8% | 33.3% | 33.0% | 41.2% | 34.3% | 31.0% | 32.9% | 33.3% | 30.1% | 28.4% | 29.2% | 30.1% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 1.99 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 1.20 | 1.68 | 1.92 | 1.82 | 1.79 | 1.55 | |
| 2.71 | 2.75 | 2.56 | 2.82 | 2.15 | 1.74 | 2.03 | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.10 | 2.28 | 2.49 | 3.06 | 2.54 | 3.07 | 3.59 | 3.77 | 3.93 | 4.21 | 4.00 | 3.89 | 4.16 | 4.74 | 4.99 | 4.59 | 5.55 | 6.94 | 7.28 | 7.48 | 7.56 | |
| 1.29 | 1.49 | 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.58 | 1.31 | 1.55 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.94 | 2.13 | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.48 | 2.51 | 2.59 | 2.89 | 3.44 | 3.72 | 3.95 | 4.11 | 5.37 | 4.87 | 4.96 | 5.69 | 5.99 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.43 | 7.06 | |
| 0.06 | 0.11 | -0.12 | -0.31 | -0.22 | -0.02 | 0.01 | -0.12 | 0.09 | -0.28 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 1.33 | 1.14 | 1.47 | 1.63 | 1.62 | 1.40 | 0.92 | |
Data as of: September 22, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.